Bobbi Helgason, University of Saskatchewan

Research

Agroecosystem services Climate change Microbial ecology Organic carbon stabilization Root-microbe interactions Soil carbon cycling Soil fertility Soil management

Latest papers

Brassica napus Bacterial Assembly Processes Vary with Plant Compartment and Growth Stage but Not between Lines.
Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022
An intensive multilocation temporal dataset of fungal and bacterial communities in the root and rhizosphere of Brassica napus.
Data in brief · 2020 · senior author
An intensive multilocation temporal dataset of fungal communities in the root and rhizosphere of Brassica napus.
Data in brief · 2020 · senior author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Cost effective measurement of root exudates
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$61,025
Biological carbon stabilization and destabilization: peering into microbial hot spots to understand soil carbon turnover and terrestrial energy flows
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$150,000

All 2 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Brassica napus Bacterial Assembly Processes Vary with Plant Compartment and Growth Stage but Not between Lines.

Bell JK, Mamet SD, Helgason B, Siciliano SD

Applied and environmental microbiology2022

DOI: 10.1128/aem.00273-22 PMID: 35481756

02

An intensive multilocation temporal dataset of fungal and bacterial communities in the root and rhizosphere of Brassica napus.

Bazghaleh N, Bell JK, Mamet SD, Moreira ZM, Taye ZM, Williams S, Norris C, Dowhy T, Arcand M, Lamb EG, Links M, Shirtliffe S, Vail S, Siciliano SD, Helgason B

Data in brief2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106143 PMID: 32953951

03

An intensive multilocation temporal dataset of fungal communities in the root and rhizosphere of Brassica napus.

Bazghaleh N, Mamet SD, Bell JK, Moreira ZM, Taye ZM, Williams S, Arcand M, Lamb EG, Shirtliffe S, Vail S, Siciliano SD, Helgason B

Data in brief2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105467 PMID: 32346558

Cost effective measurement of root exudates

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Lamb, Eric

$61,025

Biological carbon stabilization and destabilization: peering into microbial hot spots to understand soil carbon turnover and terrestrial energy flows

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Helgason, Bobbi

Keywords: Agroecosystem services; Climate change; Microbial ecology; Organic carbon stabilization; Root-microbe interactions; Soil carbon cycling; Soil fertility; Soil management; Soil microbiology

$150,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Melissa Arcand

Soil Science

2 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Agroecosystem services Dear Professor Helgason, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Brassica napus Bacterial Assembly Processes Vary with Plant Compartment and Growth Stage but Not between Lines." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Biological carbon stabilization and destabilization: peering into microbial hot spots to understand soil carbon turnover and terrestrial energy flows" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]